Lorraine Pagé (born 1947) is a

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politician and trade unionist."Mélanie Joly recrute sa mère et l'ex-syndicaliste Lorraine Pagé"

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, October 1, 2013. She previously served on Montreal City Council as councillor for the district of

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in the borough of

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from 2013 to 2017."Élections municipales – Lorraine Pagé élue par une voix"
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'', November 19, 2013. Earlier, she also served as head of the

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from 1988 to 1999, and was the first woman to lead a major labour union in the province. She ran in the 2013 municipal election as a candidate of the

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party. On election day, she won the seat by a margin of just one vote over Nathalie Hotte of the

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. After party leader

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was not elected to city council, Joly stepped down as leader in 2014, and Pagé was then selected as Joly's successor. Pagé later became an independent member, and was succeeded as party leader by Justine McIntyre. Pagé, who ran against Team Coderre in the election of 2013, decided to join Équipe Denis Coderre for the one in 2017. She stated that the party was created as a vehicle for Melanie Joly, who has since left for federal politics, serving as the heritage minister.

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1947 births Living people Activists from Montreal Canadian women trade unionists Montreal city councillors Women municipal councillors in Quebec Trade unionists from Quebec People from Ahuntsic-Cartierville Female Canadian political party leaders 21st-century Canadian municipal councillors 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{Quebec-politician-stub